Chapter 288 : Allison Was Dragged Away

Chapter 288 : Allison Was Dragged Away
One of the boys held her from behind with a hand covering her mouth tightly. He was tall and built like a grown man, with a strength Allison couldn't  match.

She struggled, but the guy's grip only tightened around her. That was when she got a clear look at the others.

The girl and the second boy stood in front of her with their arms crossed. Their expressions were cold and arrogant. They didn't look like top students. They looked more like the kind of troublemakers who ruled the halls through intimidation and bullying.

The boy holding her leaned closer and hissed into her ear. "Tell us how you cheated. Now! Or we'll make sure you don't walk out of here."

Allison stared at them. She didn't recognize any of them, except perhaps the boy from her testing room.

Clearly, they had heard the rumors. They believed she had some secret way of cheating, and now they wanted a piece of it.

She tried to speak, but the boy's hand smothered every word. She struggled even harder.

After a moment, he finally loosened his grip and let her speak.

"I didn't cheat," Allison said quickly. "If I had, the exam board would've already disqualified me."

The girl let out a scornful laugh. "You finished the exam that fast? Stop lying. You've got the answers."

The boy beside her stared at her with a threatening look.

"There are only three of us. It's not like we're going to affect your score. Don't be so selfish."

Allison said nothing. She could already tell there was no point arguing with them. These students had no interest in hearing the truth.

She glanced around. No phone. No one she could call. No security guards. And she definitely wasn't strong enough to take on all three of them at once.

So she decided to play along.

"Okay," Allison said. "I'll tell you how I did it. But you have to promise not to tell anyone."

The girl narrowed her eyes suspiciously. “Go on.”

Lowering her voice, Allison said, "There's a projector hidden inside the classroom camera. It projects the answers directly onto my test paper. I don't even have to read the questions. I just copy them."

The three of them stared at her.

The boy standing in front of her squinted. "That sounds fake as hell."

"It's real. I swear." Allison nodded repeatedly, making herself sound as anxious as possible. "Do you really think I'd lie when there are three of you here? If I mess with you, you could ruin me."

The three exchanged glances. The girl looked like she had already bought the story.

The boy who had been holding Allison the entire time let out a derisive snort. "Let's say you're telling the truth. How do we know you won't sell us out afterward?"

Then he pulled something from his pocket, a pair of gloves and a foil-wrapped square.

Allison's blood ran cold.

An evil grin spread across the boy's face. "Just in case. We need something to keep you under control."

The girl reached into the toilet tank and pulled out a camera. After carefully unwrapping it, she pointed the lens directly at Allison.

Only then did Allison realize what was happening.

They weren't just threatening her. They were planning to record everything.

One boy held her down. Another boy carried it out. And the girl filmed the entire scene.

They wanted something they could use against her later. They wanted a way to blackmail her.

Allison stood motionless, her mind racing as she considered every possible way out.

The boy moved toward her and grabbed the zipper of his pants.

The girl laughed. "You look like you're enjoying this. What? Never done it before?"

"Maybe she likes it," the other boy said with a mocking grin.

Allison looked straight at the girl. "And what is a girl who's supposedly been 'played with' supposed to look like?"

The girl's smile widened. "Like you."

Suddenly, memories came rushing back. The same ugly faces. The same sickening smiles. For a moment, it felt as if she had been thrown back three years into the past.

Allison didn't waste time arguing. She simply waited and watched.

The three of them took her silence for fear.

When the boy crouched in front of her and reached for her waistband, Allison made her move.

Her knee slammed straight between his legs. He howled in pain and crumpled to the floor, both hands clutching his groin.

The girl let out a scream and charged at Allison as her hand raised to slap her.

Allison quickly lowered her head.

The slap missed her completely and landed squarely across the face of the boy who was still holding her from behind.

He jerked back, stunned by the sudden impact.

The girl's face twisted with rage. She grabbed the nearest mop, ripped it free, and lifted it high above her head.

Allison took a nervous breath and prepared herself for what was about to happen.

Just then, the bathroom door exploded inward with a deafening bang.

All three of them froze on the spot. The mop remained suspended in the air. The boy on the floor was still curled up, gasping in pain.

The girl's face turned pale.

"Block the door!" she screamed.

The two boys scrambled toward the entrance, but they were already too late.

Before the two boys could reach the door, it flew open with a loud bang and slammed straight into their faces.

One of them took the blow straight to the nose. The other was knocked in the stomach by him, and both of them crashed into a heap on the floor.

The girl stood motionless in the center of the bathroom, staring blankly at the man standing in the doorway.

He was wearing a school jacket, but there was something about him that clearly didn't belong to a student. His features and bearing were far too mature for anyone to mistake him for a teenager.

But she didn't have time to figure out who he was, because Allison ran straight into his arms.

It was Jareth.

The girl frowned, jealousy flashing across her face as she watched Allison cling to him.

Grabbing the collar of his borrowed school jacket, Allison looked up at him and said softly, "I remember all their names and faces. Let's just go."

She didn't want any more attention. Right now, all she wanted was to finish the rest of the SAT without any more trouble.